Steph Curry and Kevin Durant Went to War Last Night, and It Was Beautiful

The NBA continues to search for rebuttals to the Warriors' sharp-shooting, high-flying dominance, and last night, for a moment, it seemed like the league might have found one. The Oklahoma City Thunder have a couple of top-five players on roster, and an elite defender in Serge Ibaka to boot. Maybe they have the technology, some said, to match up with 54-5 Golden State.

On last night's evidence, though, it's no contest. Like the Spurs and Cavs before them, the Thunder were ultimately swept aside by Steph Curry and Co. The Chef was on his game as usual, dropping 33 points and all kinds of outrageous threes.

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This dribble-drive on Kevin Durant, with the nifty finish over Serge Ibaka, was also pretty choice:

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The Warriors bench helped illustrate the gap. Mo Speights had 10, including a big three, and Shaun Livingston added 11. The man keeping the Thunder in it was Kevin Durant, who showed each and every facet of his supreme scoring skill. He got to the rim, and he hit plenty of tough, contested shots. On a night when parter-in-crime Russell Westbrook wasn't at his best—though he still had 22 points—Durant stepped up to the plate, dropping 32 and going one assist shy of a triple-double.

It wasn't enough, though: the Warriors won again, 121-106, tying the '96 Chicago Bulls' record for consecutive home victories with 44. And the artist once again known as Prince was there to see it: